Child Maltreatment 2018: Summary of Key Findings

Series Title:  Numbers and Trends
Author(s):  Child Welfare Information Gateway
Year Published:  2020

This factsheet presents summarized information from Child Maltreatment 2018, a report based on data submissions by State child protective services agencies for Federal fiscal year 2018. Statistics in the Child Maltreatment reports are based on data submitted to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), a voluntary reporting system that was developed by the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to collect and analyze annual statistics on child maltreatment.

Suggested Citation: Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2020). Child Maltreatment 2018: Summary of key findings. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau.

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Suggested Citation: Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2020). Child Maltreatment 2018: Summary of key findings. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau.

This material may be freely reproduced and distributed. However, when doing so, please credit Child Welfare Information Gateway.